A Windy City Confession

I have some time before I have to catch the train so I thought I would blog!

I'm heading into the city to meet up with an old college roommate and to see the Cubs game tonight! Should be a lot of fun, I haven't seen her in a year! We went through a lot of things together at Illinois State so it should be nice seeing her again. Our Freshman year as roomies went swimmingly, our Sophomore year was full of tension and our Junior year we just co-existed. When I look back on those years we were both young, figuring out who we were, and trying to find our niche in life. I do feel bad for the way I acted towards her, especially our Sophomore year, so I can't wait to see her tonight. The first thing I plan on doing is giving her a great big hug and apologizing. I hope we can start off where we left off, just on a better foot! My Senior year really helped me grow up and learn more about myself. I am also trying to come from a "place of yes" so I am ready to apologize and move forward. I can't wait :)

I personally can't believe I am heading into the city AGAIN. The second time in a week? Who am I? I used to think the city was gross... scary... far... but the more time I spend there the more I am loving it! Which takes me to my "windy city confession."

I would love to live in the city. I never thought I would say those words. My entire life I have been told the city is "bad" the city is "expensive" the city is "too far." It's not like just because I say I'd like to live there that I will end up there. I have a lot to take into consideration. For instance, I cannot understand the silly trains, I would have no one to live with, I would have to find a job at an uppity school/commute to the suburbs everyday, I have no money?

It's nice to dream though!

Changing subjects... I missed my work out this morning.  Oops. My alarm went off and I turned it off. If I wasn't spending the rest of the day in the city I would have gone, but I knew I would be exhausted without having enough time to nap. I had work done on my teeth last week and the tooth is still seriously hurting me. It kept me up until 3:30 AM, throbbing and causing pain. My 8 AM wake up call, no thanks. It's okay. I'm not going to beat myself up over it. More conscious of what I eat today and just hit the gym a little harder tomorrow!

School officially starts tomorrow. I unfortunately didn't get a full time job this school year so I'll just be subbing. I am actually looking forward to it. I will hopefully get to sub for a lot of different grades, different teachers, different schools. I am taking this in as a learning experience and hopefully getting a job in the district next year (or anywhere really)! Even though the school year starts tomorrow, I am not planning on getting any phone calls this week. I don't feel like teachers get sick the first week of school, but you never know!

I find a lot of happiness in music and I love sharing songs I love, so today let's share a favorite again. Yesterday I shared my current "theme song" as I call it. Today I'm going to share one of my favorite Disney songs as covered by Darren Criss (groan, groan, complain... whatever, he's fantastic!). I love MANY Disney songs but Beauty and The Beast is near and dear to my heart. This is pre-Glee so he has his seriously, adorable, curly hair going on.

Enjoy :)

Until tomorrow... or tonight after my Cubs game? 

xoxo